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The Modern Bop
''The Modern Bop'' is the fourth studio album by Australian rock band Mondo Rock, released in March 1984 and peaked at number 5 on the Kent Music Report. Rolling Stone stated: “The album achieves the Mondo’s oft-quoted aim: ‘adult’ music that isn't soft or easy-listening.” Track listing Personnel Mondo Rock: *Ross Wilson – vocals, guitar, harmonica *Eric McCusker – guitar, backing vocals *James Black – keyboards, guitar, backing vocals *James Gillard – bass, backing vocals *John James Hackett – drums with: *Joe Camilleri Joseph Vincent Camilleri, (born 21 May 1948) aka Jo Jo Zep or Joey Vincent, is a Maltese Australian singer-songwriter and musician. Camilleri has recorded as a solo artist and as a member of Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons and The Black Sorrows. Jo Jo ... – saxophone on "Flight 28" Production team: *Producer – John Sayers, Mondo Rock *Engineers – John Sayers, John French, Ross Cockle *Assistant Engineers – Doug Brady, Gary Constab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Modern Bop (song)
"The Modern Bop" is a song by Australian rock band Mondo Rock, released in July 1984 as the third and final single from the band's fourth studio album '' The Modern Bop'' (1984). The song peaked at number 85 on the Kent Music Report The Kent Music Report was a weekly record chart of Australian music singles and albums which was compiled by music enthusiast David Kent from May 1974 through to January 1999. The chart was re-branded the Australian Music Report (AMR) in July .... Track listings ;Aus 7" Single # "The Modern Bop" - 3:45 # "Cost of Living" - 3:40 ;Aus 12" Single # "The Modern Bop" (New York remix) - 6:53 # "The Modern Bop" (Instrumental) - 5:48 # "Winds - Light to Variable" - 4:14 Charts References Mondo Rock songs 1984 singles 1984 songs Songs written by Ross Wilson (musician) Warner Music Group singles {{1980s-rock-song-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mondo Rock
Mondo Rock are an Australian rock band, formed in November 1976 in Melbourne, Victoria. Singer-songwriter Ross Wilson founded the band, following the split of his previous band Daddy Cool. Guitarist Eric McCusker, who joined in 1980, wrote many of the band's hits, and along with Wilson formed the core of the group. They are best known for their second album, ''Chemistry'', which was released in July 1981 and peaked at number 2 on the Australian Kent Music Report. Their song " Come Said the Boy" peaked at number 2 in Australia in 1983. Mondo Rock disbanded in 1991, although they periodically appeared at reunion concerts, and reformed on a more-or-less continuing basis in 2014. According to Australian musicologist, Ian McFarlane, "by way of ceaseless touring and the release of a series of sophisticated pop rock albums, he band wasone of the most popular acts in Australia during the early 1980s". The band had a national tour in 2019, and continues to play occasional dates. Histo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rock Music
Rock music is a broad genre of popular music that originated as " rock and roll" in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of different styles in the mid-1960s and later, particularly in the United States and United Kingdom.W. E. Studwell and D. F. Lonergan, ''The Classic Rock and Roll Reader: Rock Music from its Beginnings to the mid-1970s'' (Abingdon: Routledge, 1999), p.xi It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, a style that drew directly from the blues and rhythm and blues genres of African-American music and from country music. Rock also drew strongly from a number of other genres such as electric blues and folk, and incorporated influences from jazz, classical, and other musical styles. For instrumentation, rock has centered on the electric guitar, usually as part of a rock group with electric bass guitar, drums, and one or more singers. Usually, rock is song-based music with a time signature using a verse–chorus form, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polydor Records
Polydor Records Ltd. is a German-British record label that operates as part of Universal Music Group. It has a close relationship with Universal's Interscope Geffen A&M Records label, which distributes Polydor's releases in the United States. In turn, Polydor distributes Interscope releases in the United Kingdom. Polydor Records Ltd. was established in London in 1954 as a British subsidiary of German company Deutsche Grammophon/Schallplatte Grammophon GmbH. It was renamed Polydor Ltd. in 1972. Notable current and past artists signed to the label include ABBA, Cream, The Moody Blues, The Who, Ringo Starr, Bee Gees, The Jam, Bing Crosby, The Shadows, James Brown, Level 42, Ellie Goulding, Juice WRLD, Piri & Tommy, James Last, Eric Clapton, Marie Osmond, Keith O'Conner Murphy, Yngwie Malmsteen, Lana Del Rey, Haim, and Buckingham Nicks. Label history Beginnings Polydor Records was founded on 2 April 1913 by German Polyphon-Musikwerke AG in Leipzig and registered on 25 July 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Sayers
John L Sayers (d. 14 September 2021) was a New Zealand-born Australian recording engineer, producer and studio designer who engineered and/or produced many classic Australian rock and pop albums and singles from 1969 to the present. Sayers is one of a number of producer-engineers who are associated with the Melbourne popular music scene of the 1960s and 1970s and in particular with the renowned Armstrong's Studios, the venue where many of the most successful Australian pop/rock recordings of the period were recorded. He created the leading studio acoustics Forum ''Recording Studio Design'', and designeEnmore Audioin Sydney. Recording credits Sayers' recording credits as either engineer or producer or both include: 1960s * Liv Maessen - "Snowbird", "Knock Knock Who's There?" * Matt Flinders - "Picking up Pebbles", "Butterfly" * John Farnham - "One" * Max Merritt and the Meteors - '' Western Union Man'' album : * John Williamson - "Old Man Emu" * Russell Morris - "The Real Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nuovo Mondo
''Nuovo Mondo'' is the third studio album by Australian rock band Mondo Rock Mondo Rock are an Australian rock band, formed in November 1976 in Melbourne, Victoria. Singer-songwriter Ross Wilson founded the band, following the split of his previous band Daddy Cool. Guitarist Eric McCusker, who joined in 1980, wrote man ..., released in July 1982. It was released through WEA Records and reached number 7 on the Kent Music Report. Track listing Personnel Mondo Rock: *Ross Wilson – vocals *Eric McCusker – guitar, backing vocals *James Black – keyboards, guitar, bass, backing vocals *Paul Christie – bass, backing vocals *John James Hackett – drums Production team: *Producer, Engineer – Peter McIan *Additional Engineers – Jim Barton, Jim Barbour *Remixed by – Peter McIan, Paul Ray Charts References {{Authority control Mondo Rock albums 1982 albums RCA Records albums Polydor Records albums Warner Music Group albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Up To The Moment
''Up to the Moment'' is the first compilation album by Australian rock band Mondo Rock, which was released in June 1985 through Polydor Records. It peaked at number 8 on the Kent Music Report albums chart. Background Mondo Rock were formed in 1976 and released four studio albums by 1985, ''Primal Park'' (October 1979), ''Chemistry'' (July 1981), ''Nuovo Mondo'' (July 1982) and ''The Modern Bop'' (March 1984).McFarlane'Mondo Rock'entry. Archived frothe originalon 14 June 2004. Retrieved 20 August 2013. ''Up to the Moment'' is a compilation album of tracks from those albums; it also includes their debut single, "The Fugitive Kind" (1978) and two new singles "Good Advice ''Good Advice'' is a 2001 comedy film starring Charlie Sheen, Angie Harmon, and Denise Richards. The film also features Jon Lovitz and Rosanna Arquette as a married couple in supporting roles. Plot Ryan Turner is a hotshot broker living an up ..." (December 1984) and "The Moment" (April 1985). Trac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Come Said The Boy
"Come Said the Boy" is a song by Australian rock band Mondo Rock, released in November 1983 as the lead single from the band's fourth studio album '' The Modern Bop'' (1984). The song became the band's highest-charting single, peaking at number 2 on the Kent Music Report. It was written by the group's lead guitarist, Eric McCusker, and was co-produced by John Sayers and the band. The music video and vinyl single's cover artwork was filmed at Maroubra Beach Sydney Australia in 1983. At the 1983 Countdown Music Awards, the song was nominated for Best Australian Single. In January 2018, as part of Triple M's "Ozzest 100", the 'most Australian' songs of all time, "Come Said The Boy" was ranked number 73. Background By 1983 the Mondo Rock line-up were James Black (ex-Rum Jungle, Russell Morris Band) on keyboards and guitar; James Gillard on bass guitar; John James Hackett (ex-Stars, the Fabulaires) on drums; Eric McCusker (ex-The Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band) on guitar and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baby Wants To Rock
"Baby Wants to Rock" is a song by Australian rock band Mondo Rock Mondo Rock are an Australian rock band, formed in November 1976 in Melbourne, Victoria. Singer-songwriter Ross Wilson founded the band, following the split of his previous band Daddy Cool. Guitarist Eric McCusker, who joined in 1980, wrote man ..., released in March 1984 as the second single from the band's fourth studio album '' The Modern Bop'' (1984). The song peaked at number 18 on the Kent Music Report. Track listings ;Aus 7" Single # "Baby Wants to Rock" - 4:29 # "Winds Light to Variable" - 4:14 Charts References Mondo Rock songs 1984 singles 1983 songs Songs written by Ross Wilson (musician) Warner Music Group singles {{1980s-rock-song-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Studio Album
An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th century as individual Phonograph record#78 rpm disc developments, 78 rpm records collected in a bound book resembling a photograph album; this format evolved after 1948 into single vinyl LP record, long-playing (LP) records played at revolutions per minute, rpm. The album was the dominant form of recorded music expression and consumption from the mid-1960s to the early 21st century, a period known as the album era. Vinyl LPs are still issued, though album sales in the 21st-century have mostly focused on CD and MP3 formats. The 8-track tape was the first tape format widely used alongside vinyl from 1965 until being phased out by 1983 and was gradually supplanted by the cassette tape during the 1970s and early 1980s; the populari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kent Music Report
The Kent Music Report was a weekly record chart of Australian music singles and albums which was compiled by music enthusiast David Kent from May 1974 through to January 1999. The chart was re-branded the Australian Music Report (AMR) in July 1987. From June 1988, the Australian Recording Industry Association, which had been using the top 50 portion of the report under licence since mid-1983, chose to produce their own listing as the ARIA Charts. Before the Kent Report, ''Go-Set'' magazine published weekly Top-40 Singles from 1966, and Album charts from 1970 until the magazine's demise in August 1974. David Kent later published Australian charts from 1940 to 1973 in a retrospective fashion, using state by state chart data obtained from various Australian radio stations. Background Kent had spent a number of years previously working in the music industry at both EMI and Phonogram records and had developed the report initially as a hobby. The Kent Music Report was first release ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Camilleri
Joseph Vincent Camilleri, (born 21 May 1948) aka Jo Jo Zep or Joey Vincent, is a Maltese Australian singer-songwriter and musician. Camilleri has recorded as a solo artist and as a member of Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons and The Black Sorrows. Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons' highest-charting single was "Hit & Run" from June 1979, which peaked at #12; NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988. Jo Jo Zep's " Taxi Mary" peaked at No. 11 in September 1982; and The Black Sorrows top single, "Chained to the Wheel", peaked at No. 9 in March 1989. Camilleri has also produced records for The Sports, Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons, Paul Kelly & the Dots, The Black Sorrows, Renée Geyer, and Ross Wilson. Australian music journalist, Ian McFarlane, described him as "one of the most genuinely talented figures in Australian music", and, as a member of Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons, Camilleri was inducted into the Australian Recording Industry As ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
